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The [British] Government Thinks Conservative Christians are ‘Extremists’, Says Justin Welby
The Catholic Herald (UK) ^ | 11/8/16 | Staff Reporter

Posted on 11/08/2016 4:33:35 PM PST by marshmallow

Archbishop Justin Welby has said Government officials dismiss Christians as 'a bit bonkers'

Archbishop Justin Welby has warned that Government officials know so little about religion that conservative evangelicals would be counted as extremists by their own definition.

The most senior cleric of the Church of England said the Government can see no difference between Muslim extremists and traditionalist Christians so both groups are dismissed as “a bit bonkers”.

His comments came in an address to head teachers of Church of England school in the Anglican Diocese of Bath and Wells.

The Telegraph quoted Archbishop Welby as saying: “Our Government generally is desperately trying to catch up, to understand a world in which they have no grip on what it is to be religious at all; where religious illiteracy is prevalent and extremely destructive of understanding and where they can’t see really the difference between an extremist Muslim group like the Muslim Brotherhood and a sort of conservative evangelical group in a Church of England church.”

He went on to highlight the rise of religiously motivated violence, which he said is reaching levels not seen since the aftermath of the Reformation.

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 11/08/2016 4:33:35 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

But who is Welby warning?


2 posted on 11/08/2016 4:34:53 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: marshmallow

Right like the moosies who go around shooting people, stabbing them, blowing them up. Good thing I wrote this in the US because in the UK that statement would be considered hate speech and be arrested for it.


3 posted on 11/08/2016 4:37:09 PM PST by SkyDancer (Ambtion Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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To: marshmallow

ESAD islam apologists ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rH_ZKfkGUI


4 posted on 11/08/2016 4:37:51 PM PST by soycd
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To: marshmallow
Government can see no difference between Muslim extremists and traditionalist Christians

NOBODY could be that stupid.

5 posted on 11/08/2016 4:39:14 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Sorry, but wrong-o! EVERY leftist IS that stupid! Even those called ‘Conservatives’ in the UK and Canada are ONLY conservative when viewed in regards to other political parties in each country. As so many Western Christians, including those in the US, are Christian in Name Only, seculars see no difference between themselves and ‘Christians’, so they think that Bible-believing Christians are ‘crazies’ who would ‘force’ their beliefs on the seculars, no different than koran following muhamedans like ISIS and AQ. satan’s goal of blinding them is very successful.


6 posted on 11/08/2016 5:04:52 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: marshmallow

Bonkers? More bonkers than govt officials? I think not.


7 posted on 11/08/2016 5:15:06 PM PST by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost, like tears in rain.)
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To: BenLurkin
< Government can see no difference between Muslim extremists and traditionalist Christians

NOBODY could be that stupid.

Oh yeah they can be..


8 posted on 11/08/2016 5:16:13 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: marshmallow

Emigrate to the US.


9 posted on 11/08/2016 5:17:30 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: soycd

Ahh the idiot apologists. A breed of the mentall Ill that is becoming increasingly more popular - the CIC being one of them. They dont understand that bowing in front of a Muslim head lopper armed with a scimitar begging for mercy is not the smartest thing to do. They don’t get it. No common sense but think they have high IQs simply because they can remember large volumes of useless data and girmulas. None lue as to how to be human whatsoever and hold a meaningful conversation with a person instead of am electronic debice. They are the mentally disturbed homoidiots who beg to be given flying lesson by the Muslims and don’t even know it.


10 posted on 11/08/2016 5:24:28 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: marshmallow
The [British] Government Thinks Conservative Christians are ‘Extremists’

Yes bitches!

Extremists since 1776!

11 posted on 11/08/2016 5:25:00 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Crooked Hillary is Goin' down!)
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To: marshmallow; All

Positive confirmation that US and state gov’t agency intelligence centers currently consider the following conservative belief indicators as terrorist threats that warrant reporting:
1. Constitutionalists
2. Gadsden flag use
3. Anti-abortionist activism

Note: this post contains publicly available open-source non-restricted information.


12 posted on 11/08/2016 5:25:13 PM PST by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: jsanders2001

That’s why I rely on a jury instead of the criminals that rule us...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlzzYDcYcP8


13 posted on 11/08/2016 5:27:36 PM PST by soycd
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To: marshmallow

Import more Muslims and you’ll see just how wrong you really are.

An “extremist” is not someone who has righteous values and states them plainly even though that irritates the Gaystapo and other collections of lunatics.

An “extremist” is someone who thinks that they have license to personally do bad things to folks they think displease god.

Islam is all in for granting that license to individuals.


14 posted on 11/08/2016 7:27:59 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: BenLurkin

Sure they can be.

If someone’s spiritual daddy is the Devil then, having the same spiritual master as Islam, they are likely to focus on those who have the Father as their ultimate enemy.


15 posted on 11/08/2016 7:29:38 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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